Wisin y Yandel
Wisin & Yandel (also known as "El dúo dinámico/El dúo de historia") are a Latin Grammy-nominated Puerto Rican reggaeton duo. They started their career together in 1995 and have been together since winning several awards during that time.Some of their hits includes "Mayor Que Yo", "Mayor Que Yo Part 2", "Noche de Sexo" featuring Aventura, "Rakata", "Llame Pa' Verte (Bailando Sexy)", "Dembow", "La Gitana" and "Pam Pam". Wisin & Yandel were also featured on R. Kelly's album, TP-3: Reloaded and Pop Diva Paris Hilton's official remix for her debut single Stars Are Blind.
Wisin and Yandel were both born in Cayey, Puerto Rico where they met.
Before beginning their musical career, Yandel worked as a barber while Wisin earned a degree in theater and acting. However, both shared the same musical interests In 1998, they worked with DJ Dicky in his production No Fear 3. The next year, they were signed to the Fresh Production label, appearing in La Misión, Vol. 1 (The Mission, Vol. 1).
That album reached gold status, and the label produced the duo's first solo album in 2000 titled Los Reyes del Nuevo Milenio (The Kings of the New Millennium).
From then on, they've released four albums together, while making appearances in the Misión compilations. All of those albums have reached gold status. They also won a Tu Música Award for "Best Rap & Reggaeton Duo".
In 2004, each of the members of the duo decided to release a solo effort each. Wisin released his album titled El Sobreviviente (The Survivor) while Yandel released his effort titled ¿Quien Contra Mí? (Who's Against Me?). Both efforts did well on sales, but the duo returned together to release Pa'l Mundo (For The World) on 2005. El Sobreviviente is now a reggaeton collector's item.
That same year, the duo established their own record label, WY Records. In 2006, they released a compilation album titled Los Vaqueros (The Cowboys) Wisin (also known as W or El sobrevivente (Spanish: The Survivor) was born Juan Luis Morera Luna on December 19, 1978.
Yandel (born "Llandel", as his name appeared on early and rare recordings) (occasionally known as I Griega (Spanish: Y)) and "El Más Que Entona" but was born Llandel Veguilla Malavé on January 14, 1977.
Wisin is also known by all these names: The Survivor, The Sensei, The Matatán.
